A developer has applied to build a service station and Hungry Jack's restaurant on the New England Highway next to the former Oak factory at Hexham Bridge.
A South Australia-based company called PC Infrastructure Pty Ltd has lodged plans with City of Newcastle for the $2.9 million development next to the northbound lanes of the highway where it meets the Pacific Highway.
The development application says the business will operate 24 hours a day.
The service station will include three electric vehicle chargers, 28 parking spaces and the restaurant.
The former Oak milk bar next to the dairy factory also included a Hungry Jack's. The factory closed in 2013.
The state government has started planning to widen and upgrade the Pacific Highway between Newcastle Inner City Bypass and Hexham Bridge.
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